Janice Pockett Bench Dedication

Rick Hartford

Robin Pascarelli, of Coventry, a classmate and good friend of Janice Pockett 40 years ago, places a butterfly on the bench at a ceremony dedicating the bench in Janice Pockett's memory Friday. Janice disappeared 40 years ago Friday while riding her bike on Rhodes Road, not far from the Cross Farms Recreation Complex where the ceremony was held. She was going to collect a butterfly she had found earlier when she disappeared. "She was a beautiful person," Pascarelli said. Butterflies were released into the air at the end of the ceremony.

Robin Pascarelli, of Coventry, a classmate and good friend of Janice Pockett 40 years ago, places a butterfly on the bench at a ceremony dedicating the bench in Janice Pockett's memory Friday. Janice disappeared 40 years ago Friday while riding her bike on Rhodes Road, not far from the Cross Farms Recreation Complex where the ceremony was held. She was going to collect a butterfly she had found earlier when she disappeared. "She was a beautiful person," Pascarelli said. Butterflies were released into the air at the end of the ceremony. (Rick Hartford)

Janice Pockett's sister, Mary Engelbrecht, watches a butterfly rise into the air at a ceremony dedicating a bench in memory of Janice Pockett, who disappeared 40 years ago Friday while riding her bike on Rhodes Road. At the end of the ceremony at Cross Farms Recreation Complex butterflies were released in memory of Janice. She was going to collect a butterfly she had found earlier when she disappeared not far from where the bench was dedicated.

Janice Pockett's sister, Mary Engelbrecht, watches a butterfly rise into the air at a ceremony dedicating a bench in memory of Janice Pockett, who disappeared 40 years ago Friday while riding her bike on Rhodes Road. At the end of the ceremony at Cross Farms Recreation Complex butterflies were released in memory of Janice. She was going to collect a butterfly she had found earlier when she disappeared not far from where the bench was dedicated. (Rick Hartford)

A ceremony dedicating the bench in Janice Pockett's memory was held Friday. Janice disappeared 40 years ago Friday while riding her bike on Rhodes Road, not far from the Cross Farms Recreation Complex where the ceremony was held. She was going to collect a butterfly she had found earlier when she disappeared. "She was a beautiful person," Pascarelli said. Butterflies were released into the air at the end of the ceremony.